THOMPSON COVE BEACH, Turks and Caicos Islands (WKRC) – A woman reportedly lost her hands to a shark attack while she was trying to take a selfie with the large creature.
According to The New Zealand Herald, the woman was reportedly a 55-year-old Canadian tourist visiting the Thompson Cove Beach in the Caribbean.
The woman reportedly “attempted to engage” the 6-foot-long shark, at which point the animal attacked her and seriously injured her hands. The outlet reported that the woman needed to have one of her hands amputated below the wrist and her other arm was amputated halfway up her forearm.
Other beachgoers saved the woman from an even worse fate, with her husband scaring off the shark after the attack and strangers gathering around her and using their clothes to slow the bleeding.
According to authorities, the woman was specifically attempting to take a photo of or with the shark.
